Additional volume is due to the allocation of land and the special political situation in Germany in the previous years. Number of turbines dismantled and replaced has also reached an all-time high. German wind industry well positioned in booming global market. Reliable political framework needed for continued expansion in order to meet government targets.

Offshore Wind Energy in Germany 2014: The gigawatt mark has been passed

The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier last year. By 31 December 2014, 258 offshore wind turbines in the German North and Baltic Seas with a total capacity of 1,049.2 megawatts fed into the grid.

VDMA: Wind industry rolls out its safety culture initiative in 2015

Wind turbine manufacturers and subcontractors stand shoulder to shoulder to establish their own safety culture. Leading enterprises will be using video und printed information material to reinforce and disseminate their common position on safety issues across the industry in 2015.

Wind Energy and Development Dialogue (WEED 2014)

"Auction systems for wind energy: Insights and lessons learned for emerging and
developing economies" has been the subject of the 9th Wind Energy and Development Dialogue (WEED 2014) which has been taken place on 9 October 2014 in Berlin.

Market overview wind energy

VDMA: Wind industry rolls out its safety culture initiative in 2015

17/12/14 Wind turbine manufacturers and subcontractors stand shoulder to shoulder to establish their own safety culture. Leading enterprises will be using video und printed information material to reinforce and disseminate their common position on safety issues across the industry in 2015.

Wind industry takes the initiative for more safety

01/10/14 According to the European Risk Observatory on occupational safety and health in the wind energy sector the wind industry reported 1,370 accidents. 'But it’s not just numbers. There are human beings behind every accident, every incident, every near-miss!’ said Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, chairman of the steering committee for wind turbines of VDMA Power Systems.

Wind Industry Safety Culture

Wind Industry Safety Culture Conference at WindEnergy Hamburg 2014

05/10/14 Representatives of wind turbine manufacturers and subcontractors shared experiences and discussed the importance of safety in the wind industry at the Wind Industry Safety Culture Conference, which took place on 25th September 2014 at WindEnergy Hamburg 2014.

Additional volume is due to the allocation of land and the special political situation in Germany in the previous years. Number of turbines dismantled and replaced has also reached an all-time high. German wind industry well positioned in booming global market. Reliable political framework needed for continued expansion in order to meet government targets.

Offshore Wind Energy in Germany 2014: The gigawatt mark has been passed

15/01/15

Offshore Wind Energy in Germany 2014: The gigawatt mark has been passed

The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier last year. By 31 December 2014, 258 offshore wind turbines in the German North and Baltic Seas with a total capacity of 1,049.2 megawatts fed into the grid.

Wind turbine manufacturers and subcontractors stand shoulder to shoulder to establish their own safety culture. Leading enterprises will be using video und printed information material to reinforce and disseminate their common position on safety issues across the industry in 2015.

According to the European Risk Observatory on occupational safety and health in the wind energy sector the wind industry reported 1,370 accidents. 'But it’s not just numbers. There are human beings behind every accident, every incident, every near-miss!’ said Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, chairman of the steering committee for wind turbines of VDMA Power Systems.

Wind industry makes the most of its role as pioneer of the energy transition

23/09/14

Wind industry makes the most of its role as pioneer of the energy transition

At the leading international wind industry trade fair, VDMA Power Systems and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) have issued a positive outlook for the development of the wind industry:

As the latest statistics show, the first round of projects worth some three gigawatts by the end of 2015 is well underway. Germany’s new Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) provides planning security for the second stage as well to provide up to some 6.5 gigawatts by 2020. But the associations are nonetheless keeping close watch of Berlin. Construction of turbines must go hand-in-hand with offshore grid connections from now on.

On behalf of VDMA Power Systems and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE), Deutsche WindGuard developed an addition to the cost situation of onshore wind energy study published in autumn 2013 for the purpose of international comparison.

Deutsche WindGuard, German company specializing in wind energy project development and consulting, analyzed the status of the offshore wind energy development for the year 2013 in Germany, on behalf of VDMA Power Systems and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE).